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Green Coding Decentralised Symposium CODES of REALITY | Module 4 Friday, 20 November 2026, at 7:00 PM KIC – Cultural Information Centre, Zagreb Free admission The program features the lecture Un-greening Greenness by art and media curator and theorist Jens Hauser, the performance MISU by artist Aiko Kazuko Kurosaki, and a presentation of the mobile European art project FLUVIALE, delivered by its Croatian co-curator Darko Fritz and festival director Thomas J. Jelinek. What is “green”? Are we “green”? And does the term even refer to the plant world? Are algae a superfood, an environmental hazard, or both? Is green truly synonymous with nature and sustainability, or has it become an ideological and aesthetic framework that conceals the increasingly intensive technological manipulation of living systems? These questions are explored by Jens Hauser in his lecture Un-greening Greenness, which forms the centrepiece of the fourth module of the CODES of REALITY symposium. Taking a critical look at the concept of greenness, Hauser examines its political, ideological and epistemological dimensions. He questions how the symbolism of naturalness and sustainability is used to conceal the increasingly intensive technological manipulation of living systems, ecosystems and the biosphere. Has green become merely a metaphor through which we compensate for our own growing alienation from nature? Where do the boundaries between the natural and the artificial, the living and the technological lie? The lecture opens up space for a more radical examination of ecological narratives and the relationship between life, technology and contemporary culture. Alongside Hauser’s lecture, the program features MISU, a performance by artist Aiko Kazuko Kurosaki, dedicated to water as an essential yet increasingly threatened resource. The performance will take place in the public space in front of KIC. This will be followed by a presentation of the mobile European art project FLUVIALE, which brings together artistic interventions and local research along a north–south European axis, addressing questions of ecological crisis, resource management, and the transformation of natural, social and technological environments. As part of the FLUVIALE / STREAM.fields 26 project, the program CODES of ABSENCE took place in Korčula in September 2026, featuring a public-space performance, multimedia sound installations, a film screening and an exhibition. The decentralised symposium Green Coding continues to bring together contemporary art, media theory and scientific research to critically examine the ecological challenges and the cultural, political and technological implications of our time. Jens Hauser is a media theorist, writer and curator whose work explores the intersections of art, technology, performativity and biological aesthetics. Based in Paris and Vienna, he currently holds academic and research positions at TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology), the University of Copenhagen and Michigan State University. His research focuses on biomedia, microperformativity and greenness studies, bringing together media theory, art history and scientific research. As a curator, he has organised around thirty international exhibitions and festivals, including L’Art Biotech, sk-interfaces, WETWARE, UN/GREEN and Holobiont. Life is Other. He also serves on the juries of international art and science awards, including the Prix Ars Electronica. Aiko Kazuko Kurosaki was born in Tokyo and lives and works in Vienna. She is an artist, choreographer and performance artist whose practice encompasses performances, installations and interventions in public space. Her work addresses ecological and socio-critical issues, including climate change, the relationship between humans and the environment, nuclear energy and social responsibility. Through interactive projects, often staged outside traditional theatrical spaces, she engages audiences in reflecting on the consequences of human activity, particularly through the examples of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Fukushima. Since 2013, she has been co-initiator and artistic director of the One Billion Rising Vienna initiative, as well as artistic director of OBRA – One Billion Rising Austria, an organisation dedicated to ending violence against women and girls. She has received the Förderpreis der Freien Szene Wien (2017) and the Österreichischer Frauenringpreis (2018). Her practice brings together art, activism and social engagement. More information: https://sivazona.hr/events/zeleno-kodiranje https://fluviale.eu/ ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
